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SAP Says J2EE Devs Opps Arise from Biz Needs

2004-07-07

Enterprise software maker SAP has some strong advice for Java/J2EE developers concerned about outsourcing: Focus your energies on your company's business problems -- and not slow-moving Java standards. Integration Developer News spoke with SAP's chief standards-watcher, Michael Bechauf. who offers Java/J2EE devs four (4) keys for how to find the best enterprise dev career opps in the coming two years. (WARNING: Some may find these controversial.)

Over the past few weeks, IBM has left no doubt that business-level integration and workflow are not just developer add-ons anymore -- these are core platform services. IBM WebSphere and DB2 are beginning to add such cross-platform data-driven integration. Integration Developer News spoke with Websphere execs to get details on how deep IBM expects Java/J2EE developers to go with Java-to-non-Java business-driven development.

During JavaOne, devs will get a much better look at how an ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) might boost their careers. Dave Chappell, one of Java's foremost experts on JMS and integration, in his latest book spells out why ESBs will transform how Java devs think about APIs, data sharing and workflow.

During JavaOne, devs will get a much better look at how an ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) might boost their careers. Dave Chappell, one of Java's foremost experts on JMS and integration, in his latest book spells out why ESBs will transform how Java devs think about APIs, data sharing and workflow.

BEA's exes say its "Liquid Computing" view of SOA should signal the end of an era for J2EE developers. The time has passed where knowing Java APIs will be marketable, BEA execs told IDN. See BEA's 'Do's and Don't" for J2EE devs, and why they need to focus on life outside-the-container, including business rules, schemas and even integration and sharing with NET and Open Source.

Beginning this week, Integration Developer News begins our countdown to JavaOne 2004 with a series that poses the question: "What changes are coming for the career Java developer in the next two years?" This week, Dave Chappell, one of Java's foremost experts on JMS and integration, spells out why Java devs needs to think "outside the stack," to learn skills that will better tie Java into .NET and other non-Java platforms. The Enterprise Service Bus, he says, will transform how Java devs think about APIs, data sharing and workflow.

Controversy is giving way to simple hard work on BPEL4WS, the proposed orchestration standard for web services supported by both Java and .NET vendors. BEA and IBM have jointly submitted BPELJ, a plan to implement BPEL for Java J2EE -- so devs could be working with business process across Java and .NET apps by year end. All the while, Java vendors say they'll keep touch with Microsoft to make sure BPEL works with .NET. Get the details on a busy BPEL summer.

SAP has woven NetWeaver more tightly together, and the fit may be better for many non-SAP developers. The result, SAP hopes, will be a more intuitive, well-oiled platform that will make it much easier for Java and .NET devs to integrate their systems with data and business rules from SAP and other ERP software.

Microsoft's BizTalk 2004, slated to ship April 1, will begin to set the stage for many enterprise developers, .NET and Java, to get more accustomed to participating in integration-driven project work, according to analysts and partners IDN spoke with this week. Get insights into how BizTalk 2004 might begin to change the developer landscape at your firm.

As web services continue to mature, many developers are getting eager to tie them into their "glass house" legacy systems. To take that step, however, downstream .NET, Java and C# developers will need approvals from top line managers. An exec from Attachmate, provider of legacy emulation and integration, provides IDN with 10 good tips for winning them over.

The country's largest brokerage firms are expanding basic XML specifications to define a new open and standard markup language for financial services. FpML v2.0 (Financial Products Markup Language) will provide developers important new guidelines for building B2B web services. But, even if you're not in finance, see how FpML highlights some keen insights on how your own industry should use Open Standards to construct web services transactions.